LUCAS Explains #6: Why would you rather see a 3D printed copy of the Goldfinch than the original?

Being in (partial) lockdown since March, it has become hard if not impossible to bathe in the ‘aura’ that original artworks radiate. Liselore Tissen explains how a 3D printed copy of the Goldfinch can bring you even closer to your beloved authentic artwork than ever before.

Liselore Tissen • June 16, 2020

To infinity and beyond: reinventing the ‘auratic’ experience within the (post-)COVID museum

In a previous blog, Tim Vergeer explained how the consequences of the Corona virus force us to rethink cultural identity and to approach concepts such as ‘aura’ in a different way. In this blog, I analyze how the virus affects the role of museums within the Dutch anderhalvemetersamenleving.

Liselore Tissen • June 04, 2020

MADE IN CHINA – The paradoxical concept of authenticity in a globalized world - Part I

Dealing with a pandemic, such as the corona crisis, elucidates how interconnected we have become. Yet, it also highlights how we are still culturally and ethically different. In this blog, the paradoxicality of authenticity within a globalized world will be explained.

Liselore Tissen • April 23, 2020 • 2 comments

New Publication Alert! Arts in Society: Academic Rhapsodies

Have you finished our blog and are you looking for more open access content on the arts in society to read from home? Look no further, we have a fresh open access publication for you!

Lieke Smits, Tim Vergeer, Sophia Hendrikx and Merel Oudshoorn • March 31, 2020

The Omval Defaced: Thoughts on Rembrandt’s Anonymous Interlocutor

This post examines a curious late state of Rembrandt's etching, The Omval—largely dismissed in the literature as a defacement or mutilation of the copperplate—and asks what we might gain from giving it another look.

Jun Nakamura • September 27, 2019

The Threat after the Fire: The Restoration of the Notre-Dame

It has been over a week since the fire that destroyed most of France’s famous cathedral was extinguished. However, in the ashes lurks a bigger threat: how to restore the Notre-Dame?

Liselore Tissen • April 25, 2019

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